Kindermusik® For the Young Child

COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL

For your budding musician, Kindermusik for the Young Child provides an exciting, pressure-free class where your big kid can develop a strong
musical foundation by learning the concepts, language, notation, and vocabulary of
music and its greatest composers. Through a variety of fun things for kids, engaging
activities, Young Child students explore rhythm, notation, musical symbols and authentic pre-keyboard, string
and woodwind instruments – as well as their own instrument, the voice. You'll be amazed
as your child astonishes you with his new found ability to create musical compositions
and you'll love the many ways our kids music classes prepare your young musician for
a successful future in school and in music lessons.

Spring 2015 Classes:

Spring Semester 2 - Playing simple musical patterns and songs on the featured instrument from the first
session—the glockenspiel—is a central focus this semester. While learning to sing
a melody, and then play the pattern on the glockenspiel, we'll delve deeper into the
understanding of musical concepts such as piano and forte through orchestra-style
music such as the William Tell Overture and Peter and the Wolf. Music appreciation
and understanding continues with a complete introduction to the instruments—and the
families in which they're grouped—of the orchestra.

Spring Semester 4 (continuing students only) - In this final semester, we'll introduce the recorder
instrument. As your child is introduced to basic methods of playing simple melodic
patterns and songs on this wind instrument, we'll also incorporate the instruments,
concepts, and songs from previous semesters. With a special emphasis on multicultural
music, your child will learn to improvise and write music, as well as experience the
musical styles of the Pacific Islands, Europe, and Africa; plus play special dances
and children's games from around the world, including Alpine dances, Mexico, and Ecuador.

Your Home Materials provide the music, instruments, stickers, and activities for a home version of the
same playful activities you'll hear about from class, so your child—and you!—can learn
where you're most comfortable: at home.

Class structure: 1 class per week for 14 weeks

Class Length: 60 minutes/week

Spring Semester: January 26 - May 22, 2015

Spring 2015 Schedule

Webster GrovesFirst United Methodist Church

600 N. BompartWebster Groves, MO 63119

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

4:30-5:30p - Young Child 4 for Returning Students Only5:45-6:45p - Young Child 2

Fall semester 1/Spring semester 2 (new Young Child students): $82 includes children's folder with stickers, games bag, music at home cards, family songbook, home CD of music from class, glockenspiel,
and canvas bag.